Success Labs

Harvard Business Review reports that 95% of people think they’re self-aware, but only 10 to 15% actually are.

Which category do you fall into?

Most leaders think they're more self-aware than they actually are. Here's the tool I use with clients to close that gap.

A client recently asked me, "How do I become more self-aware?"

My favorite tool for this is the Johari Window — a simple frame with four panes. The goal is to expand the one that matters most: what's known by you and known by the people you lead.

The other three panes are how you grow it:
→ What you know but haven't shared (expand it through disclosure)
→ What others see but you don't (expand it through feedback)
→ What no one sees yet (expand it through new experiences)

Most leaders only work one of these levers (usually reflection).

But reflection alone won't surface your blind spots, and it won't reveal what experience gaps you have or where you need development.